How Playing a Pirate Queen Helped Me Reclaim My Confidence as a Writer
Shi Min Xie The year was 2019. The pandemic was much more than the world could handle, and my editor had just screamed at me for writing a shitty sequel. I’d had an…
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The Epigram Books First Look Sales Conference
My publisher, Epigram Books, invited me to their First Look Sales Conference. It’s an event they hold twice a year, and the authors get to talk about the books that…
The Blog is Back
Hello! I received some good news lately, and I thought it’d be a wise move to update the blog again, you know, get back to it, posting and suchlike. 2023…
That Poem In Which I Imagine Winning the 19 Million Toto Draw
What would I do with 19 million?I’d buy a home, for a start.No longer will I wait for some man to agreeTo live in a pathetic shoebox apartment,Or to be…
How To Care For Your Hooman
Meow to ask for what you want.Position yourself in a comfortable place and wait.Breathe while you make a nest of your owner’s jacket. You own the space,not the other way…
The Corporate Adventures of the Eighth Dragon Princess of the South Seas
Ever since the Heavens, Hell, and Earth rolled into one, the Dragon Princess of the South Seas had to take her degree at Singapore Management University and graduate with a…
Turning Red is also about generational trauma, not just about puberty
The new movie Turning Red has taken the Asian community by storm. Like it or hate it, we’re all impressed that this movie got made, especially during the pandemic, with…
On being perfect
I’ve spent my whole life writing. When I was a kid, I kept a diary, detailing all the memories I wanted to recall when I got older. Every time I…
On Reunion Dinners, mostly.
I haven’t really updated here in a while, and sometimes, I’m not too sure what this blog is for. Often, I second guess myself–why, of all things, should I have…
Thoughts on the BooksActually Saga
Note: This rant originally appeared on my personal Facebook and Instagram account on 27/9/2021. My Saturday was filled with my friends pinging me that Rice Media had exposed the abuse…